Ethereum staking used to be simple: you locked your ETH, waited, and collected rewards. But as the ecosystem matures, capital efficiency is becoming the real game, and that’s where @KernelDAO is quietly carving its lane. At the heart of the protocol is rsETH, a liquid restaking token that doesn’t just sit idle but works on multiple fronts it carries Ethereum’s staking yield, it taps into EigenLayer’s restaking rewards,and it still flows through DeFi like any ERC-20.In other words, your ETH isn’t just earning; it’s multitasking.

The experience itself is made frictionless with the Kelp app. Few clicks and your ETH (or liquid staking tokens like stETH,cbETH,rETH) turn into rsETH,ready to be put to work. From there, holders can choose their path: let rsETH grow passively,drop it into lending markets as collateral, or pair it in liquidity pools for extra yield.That kind of flexibility is what makes KernelDAO’s approach stand out in a market where new LRTs are popping up every week.

Of course, nothing in DeFi comes without risk. KernelDAO depends heavily on EigenLayer’s adoption curve, and it has to prove itself against rivals like Ether.fi, Renzo, and others racing to make their tokens the default restaking derivative. Smart contract risk is always lurking in the background, and regulatory pressure on staking services is still unresolved. Yet, what KernelDAO is betting on is that rsETH’s composability its ability to flow into every corner of DeFi will give it staying power long after the hype has shifted.

The roadmap points in that direction: deeper integration into lending protocols, governance expansion with a possible KernelDAO token, and eventually, cross-chain restaking that could position rsETH as the connective tissue of Ethereum’s broader ecosystem. If the last cycle was defined by the rise of liquid staking tokens like stETH, the next one might very well be defined by liquid restaking tokens.

KernelDAO isn’t the loudest project in the room, but sometimes the quiet builders end up creating the infrastructure that everyone else uses.